Germany

During the Second World War 85% of Hannover was destroyed during the Allied bombings. This means that only a small part of historic Hannover was preserved. The historic part of Hannover is called the Old Town and was beautifully restored. To me these buildings are what I would call typical European (or at least German) buildings and I just loved the architecture, colours and specially the wood used in the structures. The church in the background is the Lutheran Kreuzkirche…

The third and last city we visited in Germany was Hannover, capital of the province of Lower Saxony. Hannover has about 515 000 inhabitants and was documented for the first time in the 11th century. The city is one of the most important exhibition cities in the world and hosts many international exhibits every year. This pic of The New Town Hall (Das neue Rathaus) was taken from my hotel room balcony. I just stood there every evening enjoying the…

Yesterday I posted on our visit to Wurzburg in Germany. Today I will touch on our stop in the city of Cologne (Küln). It was a bit of a wet visit so I didn't get much of an opportunity to take a lot of nice photos. If there is one place to see when visiting Cologne, it is the Dom. What an absolutely awesome building. I have never seen anything like it. Because of the conditions non of my picture…

Today I'm resuming my posts on Germany and over the next couple of days I will show the three cities I got to visit while visiting the country a while ago. The first is the city of Wurzburg which was my absolute favorite place out of the places we got to see in Germany.The city of Wurtzburg with a history 1300 years old is situated on both sides of the River Main and has about 130 000 inhabitants. The Capital…